Sigurd Fischer Olsen

Bergen, Norway, 1976

Composer

Sigurd Fischer Olsen was born in 1976 and lives in Bergen. Has studied
composition with Morten Eide Pedersen at the Grieg Academy in Bergen and
Mathias Spahlinger in Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg. He has written
music mainly for solo and chamber ensembles but his works also include larger orchestras,
electroacoustic music and installation. His music has been performed in several countries and by
ensembles such as Quatuor Bozzini, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Risognanze and Oslo
Sinfonietta.

His music often explores simple ideas and tries to get as much as possible out of little
material. Complexity, not by quantity of notes but by bringing different musical progressions or
tendencies in connection with eachother. His music has been described as “intense and low-voiced at
the same time.”